Tag: import ban

  • EU Beef Freeze

    Brussels reviews Brazil’s poultry and honey guarantees this week while beef documentation remains outstanding, straining a Mercosur partnership barely eight months old BRUSSELS, September 10, 2026 One week after the European Union shut its doors to Brazilian beef, poultry, eggs and honey, the standoff between Brussels and Brasilia has entered a decisive new phase. European…

  • Dairy Ban Looms

    Five Section 338 proclamations signed September 8 will bar Canadian alcohol, dairy and larger motorcycles from the United States as of September 29. For exporters, the shift from a payable duty to an outright import prohibition changes the problem entirely. OTTAWA, September 10, 2026 On the evening of September 8, hours after Canada’s mirrored counter-tariffs…

  • US Import Ban

    Five presidential proclamations signed Tuesday bar most Canadian alcohol, several dairy lines and larger motorcycles from the United States market beginning September 29, replacing tariffs with outright prohibition and removing the CUSMA shelter that Canadian exporters had relied on. OTTAWA, September 9, 2026 – The United States moved on Tuesday from taxing Canadian goods to…

  • When a Parasite Becomes a Trade Barrier Canada, Mexico and the World Respond to the First U.S. Screwworm Case in Six Decades

    When a Parasite Becomes a Trade Barrier Canada, Mexico and the World Respond to the First U.S. Screwworm Case in Six Decades

    On June 3, 2026, the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed something it had not seen in nearly sixty years: a living animal on American soil infested with the larvae of the New World screwworm. The host was a three-week-old calf in Zavala County, in the brushland of South Texas about 25 miles from the Mexican…